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We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article I

Section 1

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every month by the People of each state. For every 8 registered voters, a Representative will be assigned. This may be changed by Congress through a joint resolution at any time, but will require a supermajority to pass.

The requirements to be inaugurated as a Representative shall be that the member must have attained 15 days, excluding the time when this Constitution is put into effect.

When a seat in the House of Representatives is Vacant, a special election will be held to fill the seat.

The House of Representatives shall chose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment of executive officials

The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment, besides for Congressional impeachments which will be up to the designated chamber which the member belongs to.

Section 3

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the States through a popular vote, for 3 Months; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the first month of the second Class at the Expiration of the second month, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the third month, so that 1/3rd may be chosen every month. In the case of a vacancy, a special election shall be held to fill the seats. The process may be defined in law.

Class I - NE 1, MW 1, WE 1
Class II - OV 1, NE 2, WE 2, SE 1
Class III- OV 2, SE 2, MW 2

The requirements to be inaugurated as a Senator shall be that the member must have attained 20 days of being a registered voter, excluding the time when this Constitution is put into effect.

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments, besides Congressional ones which will be up to the designated chamber which the member belongs to. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Section 4

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed by the Congress. Elections must be held before the terms expire.

The inaugurations for Congress shall be held on the 3rd of each Month, starting at noon ET., unless appointed by Law a different day.

House elections will be held by a jungle system, which may be changed by Law. Senate elections will be held using first-past-the-post voting.

An individual may only run for one position in Congress at a time.

Section 5

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Members of both houses, shall take the following oath to assume office: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

Section 6

The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during their Continuance in Office.

Section 7

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with their Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section 8

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;—And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

No bill may go into effect at a prior date, unless in the case of a constitutional crisis, which will be determined by 2/3rd of the Senate and House, and approved by the President. If vetoed by the President, a 4/5ths vote required in both chambers.

Section 10

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Article II

Section 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. They shall hold their Office during the Term of two months, and, separately from the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows;

The President and the Vice President will be elected through the popular vote, where the candidate with the most votes will win, if in the case that two or more leading candidates tie, the House will decide the election for the President, and the Senate shall choose who will be Vice President. The requirements to be inaugurated as a President or Vice President shall be that the member must have attained 30 days as a registered voter, excluding the time when this Constitution is put into effect, have not served at least 6 weeks as President within the timespan of 12 months, and have at least 1,000 messages in the LTE Server in the previous 6 months.

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Before they enter on the Execution of their Office, they shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” In the instance of the Vice President, the word “President” shall be replaced with the words “Vice President”.

The inauguration of the President and Vice President shall take place on the 7th, unless otherwise provided by law.

Any candidate for the office of President or Vice President, at any given time, may not run for a position in Congress, or for both elected positions of the Executive Branch.

Section 2

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; they may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and they shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

They shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and they shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, including a cabinet, where the positions will be determined by Law, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.



Of such Departments and Cabinet positions created, the Department of Justice, headed by the Attorney General, and the Department of State, headed by the Secretary of State, shall not be abolished.

Section 3

They shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as they shall judge necessary and expedient; they may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, they may adjourn them to such Time as they shall think proper; they shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; they shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section 4

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Section 5

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

Article III

Section 1

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court with 3 total justices, and in such inferior Courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

The Supreme Court shall have a Chief Justice and all justices shall be nominated by the President for a term of 4 months.

Section 2

The judiciary shall have the ability to interpret and review what the Constitution permits and what the Constitution does not permit.

Section 3

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

Article IV

Furry hunting, being necessary to the harmony of a free state, the Right of the People to hunt furries shall not be infringed.

Article V

Whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution. All proposed amendments must then consented by a three fifths majority of the people. No amendment in the future that is proposed may amend or deter Articles IV or V of this Constitution.

Article VI

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States thereof, shall preserve and protect the regional map proposed and accepted by this Convention.

Article VII

The Ratification of the Conventions of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution.

Amendments


1st Amendment

Article I

It shall be the right of the prople to have freedom of expression, freedom of thought, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Congress shall make no law granting any branch of government the ability to hinder such rights. Nor shall Congress make any law respecting the espablishment of a religion.

Article II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Article III

It shall be the right of the people to have equal protection under the law, no matter their race, creed, sexuality, gender, or any other defining characteristic. Congress shall make no law to hender this right.

Article IV

It shall be on the right of the people to recieve due process under the law and in trial, and all religions shall follow through on this right. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, or the pursuit of happiness, unless that person has been duly convicted in a court of law. And furthermore, no person shall be held to answer for a charge or conviction, except in cases of impeachment, more than twice.

Article V

No person shall be compelled to stand as a witness of themself, and shall maintain the right to solence to avoid criminal conviction. Congress shall not hinder this right.

Article VI

No person shall receive the removal of private property by government action, unless they have been held to a punishment thereof in a court of law, or they have been provided just compensation to which they agree to.

Article VII

Neither cruel nor unusual punishments shall be inflicted as punishment upon conviction, unless it be for treason or as an ennemy of the state.

Article VIII

All persons shall maintain the right to trial by jury, and no state nor the federal government shall waive this right. This right may only be waived if done by the accused.

Article IX

All persons shall maintain the rights under this constitution, to which shall not be infringed, unless that person, in written testimony, waivers such rights.

Article X

Section 1

No person shall be required to serve involuntary servitude or slavery, unless it be as a punishment for a crime to which the person has been convicted.

Section 1

Congress shall maintain the right to enforce this amendment through appropriate legislation.

2nd Amendment

Article I

Section 1

Upon the vacancy of the office of the Vice Presidency, for whatever the cause of vacancy may be, the President shall be given the authority to nominate a citizen, who passes the requirements under the constitution to occupy the Vice Presidency, to the position of the Vice Presidency.

Section 2

Upon the announcement of the nomination, the House of Representative and Senate of the United States Congress shall vote to confirm the nomination accordingly, and both shall be given the authority to conduct appropriate hearings of the nominee. To confirm the nominee, the nominee must receive 3/5th support in both chambers of Congress.

Section 3

Congress shall be given the authority to enact this amendment via appropriate legislation.

3rd Amendment

The President shall not be able to nominate someone to the supreme court two weeks before a presidential election, or during a lame duck session. If there are less than 3 Justices, the president may nominate a temporary Justice(s), who will be able to serve until this time period is over, then may be re-nominated or replaced.